One of the
few Dutch illustrated works on pomology with very fine chromolithographed plates
with several figures by Samuel Berghuis (the 2 frontispieces by O. Erelman),
lithographed by Severeyns in Belgium and finished by hand. "In 1868 the
"Nederlandsche Boomgaard" ("the Dutch Orchard") appeared, the editors of which
were the principal men of the Pomological Society at Boskoop, namely K.J.W.
Ottolander, J. Hooftman Pz., A. Koster Mz., and C.G. Overeynder. The plates were
drawn by S. Berghuis and printed by Severeyn's Chromolithographic Institute,
while the Wolters firm at Groningen undertook the publication. About 1100 copies
of this magnificent work were placed in Holland and Belgium and upward of 100 in
Germany with prominent persons and growers. At the international exhibition in
Dublin in 1865 it was awarded a first price by general vote of the Jury. It was
a work not only of inestimable value for the knowledge of the Dutch fruit
assortment but also for the fame of the Boskoop fruit tree nursery industry of
that time, disinterestedly wrought by the Editors and administration of the
Pomological Society for the benefit of their beloved Boskoop" (J.H. van Straaten
van Nes: Boskoop in its historical development as a centre of nurseries). "...
Der hervorragendste niederländische Pomologe im 19. Jahrhundert war K.
Ottolander, Autor der wertvollsten und schönsten Pomologie: «De Nederlandsche
Boomgaard, ...» mit 124 vortrefflichen farbigen Tafeln von S. Berghuis. ...
Diese ausgezeichnete Abbildungen, in natürlicher Farbe und Grösse, zeigen die
Frucht von oben und unten und im Langsschnitt, beim Steinobst zusätzlich noch
Stein und Blatt. Die gute Apfelsorte «Schöner von Boskoop» ist hier erstmals
beschrieben und abgebildet ..." (Martini).* British Museum I p. 142; Rehder III
p. 76; Nissen 2221; Great flower books pp. 48 & 50; Landwehr 14; Stafleu & Cowan
20.943; Martini p. 68.